Vinginia ach, Viginin 23454-1749 Main Offic: 757-648 Student Activities: 688-8271 Guidance Office: 757-088-261 Fax: 797-496-6731 ‘ww cous. bschaols.com To Whom lt May Concem: | am more than pleased ta recommend Kaitlyn Piston faradmission into your institution. As Kaitlyn’s tenth grade honors English teacher and her eleventh and twelfh grade Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow | and Hl instrustor, have had the extraordinary pleasure of watching Kaitlyn develop into an amazing teacher, leader, and young lady. I have observed Kaitlyn’s extraordinary intellectual and behavioral atributes in and gutof the classroom. I have watched this talented {ccnager mature and progress in various domains. lam proud to say that whether Kaitlyn is teaching a group of adolescents or whether sheis planning innovative lessons for a group of students, she his withouta doubt always ‘mained highly motivated and eriremely dedicated to her students and the teaching profession, Kaitlyn isa one of kind individual. Kaitlyn consistemly answers witha“sure” to whatever you ask afer and sure cnough, she always fllows through. She execeds expectations in every respect. Recently, Katilyn helped to create an innovative program where elementary students come to Cax to participate ina STEM Olympics Challenge in our Educators Leaming Lab: aclassroom designed fr litle ones in eurown high school. Kaitlyn spent all summer atx Aesigning the STEM Olyrapics Program and theclasroom., She worked with moncy fom a grant to design, paint, and fiumish our new clasroom, Kailyn’s creative ideas paved the path fr successful program thats now sought after Asa vital memberof her Virginia Teachers for Tomarrow class (junior and senior year), Kaitlyn demonstrates her ‘outstanding leadership qualities daily. {recently took Kaitlyn to Texas where she competed in a national competition for teachers: Educators Rising. She presented her Buddies Helping Buddies Leadership Works hop, aproject in which she planned, organized, and executed a workshop for intellectually disabled students. She paired up a regular education student with each ID student to take pant in activities that fit student needs, It was a HUGE success, She reemited over 100 students to help out. She raised over 2,000 dallas fram the community to make her vision areality. She was fRatured on the local news-and she won first in the nation for her project Kaitlyn has an unsurpassed dedication and genuine compassion forthe tasks and people to which she is devoted. Her pesitive outlook on life and situations is contagious to those around her. Uhavenot only enjoyed mentoring Kaitlyn over the pust four years, but Lhave also enjoyed learning from her. She-will hean amazing special elucation teacher! Sinceray, ‘Seifert Frank W. Cox High Schol Insrctona! Specialist Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow, Lnsirstor (TCC Dual Enrolment) SERS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHARTING THE COURSE